Bullpups split games with Albion

Friday

Nov 15, 2013 at 5:30 PM

The Carmi-White County Junior High School Bullpups played host to the Albion Lions Thursday, Nov. 14 at Washington Attendance Center. The seventh grade squad struggled from the start, dropping their game, but the eighth grade team overpowered their opponents for an easy win.

The Carmi-White County Junior High School Bullpups played host to the Albion Lions Thursday, Nov. 14 at Washington Attendance Center. The seventh grade squad struggled from the start, dropping their game, but the eighth grade team overpowered their opponents for an easy win.

In the seventh grade game, Albion got out to an early lead, outscoring the Bullpups 8-2 in the first quarter. The deficit seemed to be too much for the Bullpups to make up as they headed to the locker room at half trailing 22-7. In the third quarter, the team came out on fire and put up some great defense and had some great looks, but they had trouble connecting for points. They also struggled to contain the Lions, who rallied for 15 points in the third quarter. The seventh grade team ended the game with a loss 41-11 and they move to 2-3 on the season.

Jace Carter was the leading scorer for the Bullpups with 6 points followed by Josh Baker with 2 points, Will Pugsley with 2 points and Cooper Craig with 1 point. The team is coached by Denny Anderton.

In eighth grade action, the Bullpups were hot from the start, ending the first quarter on a 23-4 run that kept the Lions chained up the entire game. Dominance continued before the half, with the Bullpups scoring 13 points to bring the halftime score to 36-10.

The Bullpups slowed down the pace in the second half and went on to a strong win of 54-28.

Tommy Thompson connected for 11 points to lead all eighth grade Bullpup scorers. He was followed closely by Easton Stewart, who added 10 points. Justin Lamp brought in 8 points for the team with Mitchell Nelson adding 6.

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